by ADC | Mar 8, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Defense Communities National Summit, Energy, Military Families, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, OLDCC, On Base, Recruitment
Here are some of the other notable moments from Tuesday’s Defense Communities National Summit programs. “You can’t solve problems if the fence gets in the way,” Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation Director Patrick O’Brien said of his office’s focus...
by ADC | Mar 7, 2023 | BRAC, Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Defense Communities National Summit, Military Families, NDAA, On Base
Despite calls from a handful of members on both sides of the aisle, it is unlikely there will be large defense cuts in the next fiscal years, a panel of policy analysts said Monday at the Defense Communities National Summit. “Congress will boost the defense budget...
by ADC | Mar 7, 2023 | BRAC, Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Defense Communities National Summit, On Base, Recruitment
Here are some more notable moments Monday at the Defense Communities National Summit. “If we end up having a conflict, the battlefield no longer starts overseas. It starts at Fort Hood, Fort Carson, pick your installation,” said Paul Farnan, principal deputy assistant...
by ADC | Mar 6, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
The Biden administration is scheduled to release an outline of its fiscal year 2024 budget request Thursday, including summaries of its priorities and brief details about each agency’s spending request, as CQ reported. The administration will then send Congress the...
by ADC | Mar 3, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
An independent panel reviewing the Pentagon’s budgeting process said Thursday that it is looking for “reform in the broadest sense, meaning all options are being considered to enhance our nation’s defense,” as Defense News reported. The Commission on Planning,...
by ADC | Mar 2, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
Republican House leaders have said that individual members can no longer request earmarks in that chamber’s defense appropriations bill under new House rules. Appropriations Committee Chair Kay Granger (R-Texas) made the announcement this week, CQ reported. “Community...
by ADC | Mar 1, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Tuesday he won’t go along with a decrease in defense spending and also does not support freezing the defense budget, The Hill reported. House Republicans, who want to attach overall budget cuts to a debt limit bill...
by ADC | Feb 24, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, DOD Civilian, On Base
A union that represents 250,000 DOD civilian employees is pushing back against House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Ken Calvert (R-Calif.)’s proposal to cut the DOD civilian workforce. Calvert recently said that DOD could save $125 billion over five years...
by ADC | Feb 23, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
Reps. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) reintroduced their “People Over Pentagon Act” Wednesday to cut $100 billion from the defense budget, The Hill reported. “Year after year, this country pours billions into our already-astronomical defense budget...
